POLICE BLOTTER: Equipment stolen from plane in Skippack

SKIPPACK — Police are investigating after someone gained access to a 1967 Cessna Skylane at Perkiomen Valley Airport and stole $12,300 worth of equipment. According to the Skippack barracks of the state police, the theft occurred between June 30 and July 20 at the airport at 767 Collegeville Road. Two navigation/communication systems, a GPS with aviation database and a transponder were stolen from the plane owned by a Collegeville resident, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 610-584-1250.

LIMERICK — A K-9 officer was called in to search a car after a traffic stop on Route 422 East near milemarker 180 in the township July 29 around 9:52 a.m. According to a press release from the Skippack barracks of the state police, a traffic stop was conducted and the driver, a 31-year-old man from Philadelphia who was not named by police, refused to allow officers to search his car. As a result, police called the K-9 officer to perform a search of the exterior of the vehicle. The car was subsequently seized and a search warrant obtained before police searched the interior of the vehicle, police said. The search resulted in the discovery of a small amount of marijuana and two rolled cigarettes, police said. The driver faces charges in district court, according to police.

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NORTH COVENTRY — A Pottstown man was charged with public drunkenness after he was allegedly found passed out in his van in the Wawa parking lot. According to police, a suspicious subject was reported at the Wawa at 1417 South Hanover Street on July 31. Responding officers found Christopher Lee Slusher, 30, passed out in a Ford van outside the store. Police said Slusher had a blood-alcohol level of .223 percent. He was charged and released from custody, police said.

NORTH COVENTRY — A residence on Mount Zion Avenue was damaged overnight July 19-20, according to police. The front storm door of the home was damaged and toilet paper was thrown about in the yard, police said. A pickup truck was seen in the area around the time the damage is thought to have occurred. A witness heard glass breaking, police said. Anyone with information on this incident, is asked to contact the North Coventry Police at 610-323-8360.

NORTH COVENTRY — Police are investigating a theft from a vehicle that occurred between 8 p.m. July 23 and 5:30 a.m. July 24 in the 500 block of East Cedarville Road. Personal items and a GPS were taken from an unlocked vehicle parked at a residence, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call township police at 610-323-8360.

NORTH COVENTRY — A Pottstown area woman faces charges of simple assault and harassment after a domestic disturbance in the 100 block of West Main Street around 8:46 p.m. July 24. According to township police, officers responding to the disturbance allegedly observed Jennifer Lee Zulker, 24, punch someone in the head. Zulker was arrested by the officers, who later learned she allegedly hit another person in the face and threatened that second victim with a broken bottle, police said in a press release. Drugs were allegedly found on Zulker who was arraigned and had a preliminary hearing before Judge James V. DeAngelo. The charges against Zulker, which include use or possession of drug paraphernalia, were held over for county court. Zulker is being held in the Chester County Prison in lieu of $3,500 cash bail, according to court records. Her next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 14 at 9:30 a.m. at the Chester County Justice Center.